Beautiful set of pics On Thu, Oct 27, 2011 at 9:31 PM, Giby Kuriakose <[email protected]>wrote:
> I think you have confused the clustered flowers at the stem apex as > branches actually they (branches you said) are the pedicels of each flower. > > Yes this is a species of *Aeginetia* only. Only in *Aeginetia *you can > see spathe like calyx. > > > Please see the key @ > http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=10639 but I > coultdn't reach the species. > > > Regards, > Giby > > > > > > On 27 October 2011 20:50, raju das <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Dear Prasadji, Gibyji & Vijayasankarji >> Thank you so much for the discussion. Gibyji, the stems in this sp was >> branched from near base, but it is not seen in Christisonia tubulosa. >> Can you please write some other characteristics that I can compare with. >> >> Vijayasankarji, I have not found any scapes here like in A pedunculata. >> Regards, >> Raju >> >> >> On Thu, Oct 27, 2011 at 7:55 PM, Vijayasankar >> <[email protected]>wrote: >> >>> Please also check it for *Aeginetia pedunculata* (now A. acaulis). There >>> seem to be few varieties in this. >>> >>> Regards >>> >>> Vijayasankar Raman >>> National Center for Natural Products Research >>> University of Mississippi >>> >>> >>> >>> On Thu, Oct 27, 2011 at 4:49 AM, Giby Kuriakose < >>> [email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> Doesn't look like *A. indica. *In A. indica the throat is white here >>>> the throat is Yellow. Further the A. indica is taller than this >>>> Please refer A. indica @ >>>> http://www.flowersofindia.in/catalog/slides/Forest%20Ghost%20Flower.html >>>> >>>> >>>> I think this could be *Christisonia tubulosa* - Magenta Ghost Flower >>>> of Orobanchaceae >>>> Please refer @ >>>> >>>> http://www.flowersofindia.in/catalog/slides/Magenta%20Ghost%20Flower.html >>>> >>>> >>>> Regards, >>>> Giby >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> On 27 October 2011 14:49, raju das <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> >>>>> Dear Friends, >>>>> ** >>>>> *Aeginetia indica* L. >>>>> >>>>> Syn Name: *Aeginetia japonica* Siebold & Zuccarini; *Orobanche >>>>> aeginetia* Linnaeus; *Phelipaea indica* (Linnaeus) Sprengel ex >>>>> Steudel. >>>>> >>>>> Family: *Orobanchaceae* >>>>> >>>>> Photographed at Manas NP, Assam(Found as parasitic on *Saccharum *species >>>>> ) >>>>> >>>>> Regards >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> *Raju Das >>>>> Nature's Foster* >>>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> GIBY KURIAKOSE PhD >>>> Ashoka Trust for Research in Ecology and the Environment (ATREE), >>>> Royal Enclave, >>>> Jakkur Post, Srirampura >>>> Bangalore- 560064 >>>> India >>>> Phone - +91 9448714856 (Mobile) >>>> visit my pictures @ http://www.flickr.com/photos/giby >>>> >>> >>> >> >> >> -- >> *Raju Das >> Nature's Foster* >> > > > > -- > GIBY KURIAKOSE PhD > Ashoka Trust for Research in Ecology and the Environment (ATREE), > Royal Enclave, > Jakkur Post, Srirampura > Bangalore- 560064 > India > Phone - +91 9448714856 (Mobile) > visit my pictures @ http://www.flickr.com/photos/giby > -- Regards Dr Balkar Singh Head, Deptt. of Botany and Biotechnology Arya P G College, Panipat Haryana-132103 09416262964
